Gig - The Life and Times of a Rock-Star Fantasist

Informationen zum Autor Simon Armitage was born in West Yorkshire in 1963, and continues to live near Huddersfield. He is one of the leading writers of his generation. He has won the Sunday Times author of the year, the Forward Prize, a Lannan Award, and an Ivor Novello Award for his song lyrics in the Channel 4 film, Feltham Sings Klappentext Simon Armitage was born in West Yorkshire in 1963, and continues to live near Huddersfield. He is one of the leading writers of his generation. He has won the Sunday Times author of the year, the Forward Prize, a Lannan Award, and an Ivor Novello Award for his song lyrics in the Channel 4 film, Feltham Sings Zusammenfassung Explores how music and the muse intertwine in work and in life. This title includes stories, anecdotes, jokes, absurdities, the odd informal homily, pitfalls and pratfalls, and Yorkshire life and death. It is about the dream and reality of what you are, and what you might have been.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Armitage
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.05.2009
• EAN: 9780141021249
• ISBN: 978-0-14-102124-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Music, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Yorkshire, Memoirs, POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal, Poetry by individual poets, Pop Music, Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards), North West England